They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.
Source: tatoeba (1321)
Against
//əˈɡeɪnst//
Synonyms for "against" (84 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
9 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
81 entriesShowing 16 of 81 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
6 entriesetymologically related_to
4 entrieshas context
4 entriesrelated to
42 entriesShowing 16 of 42 words.
Translations
324 translations across 78 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- teen prep (in a contrary direction to)
Albanian
2 entries- kundër prep (in a contrary direction to)
- përballë prep (in a contrary direction to)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κατά prep (in opposition to)
- ἀντί prep (in a contrary direction to)
Arabic
3 entries- ضد prep (in a contrary direction to)
- ضد prep (in opposition to)
- ضِدّ prep (in opposition to)
Armenian
2 entries- դեմ prep (in opposition to)
- հակառակ prep (in a contrary direction to)
Asturian
2 entries- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contra prep (in front of; before a background)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qarşı prep (in a contrary direction to)
- qarşı prep (in opposition to)
Basque
1 entries- aurka prep (in a contrary direction to)
Belarusian
4 entries- аб prep (in physical contact with)
- ад prep (as protection from)
- на prep (in exchange for)
- наўзаме́н prep (in exchange for)
Bengali
1 entries- বিরুদ্ধে prep (in opposition to)
Breton
3 entries- dirag prep (in front of; before a background)
- ouz prep (in a contrary direction to)
- ouz prep (in opposition to)
Bulgarian
4 entries- до prep (close to)
- за prep (in exchange for)
- на фона на prep (in front of; before a background)
- обратно на prep (in a contrary direction to)
Catalan
4 entries- a tocar de prep (close to)
- comparat amb prep (in contrast or comparison with)
- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contra prep (in physical contact with)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- دِژی prep (in opposition to)
- دژ بە prep (in opposition to)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 反對 /反对 prep (in opposition to)
Czech
4 entries- o prep (in physical contact with)
- proti prep (in a contrary direction to)
- proti prep (in front of; before a background)
- proti prep (in competition with)
Dalmatian
1 entries- cuantra prep (in a contrary direction to)
Danish
4 entries- i stedet prep (as counterbalance to)
- i stedet for prep (as counterbalance to)
- imod prep (in a contrary direction to)
- imod prep (in opposition to)
Dutch
4 entries- tegen dat conj (by the time that)
- totdat conj (by the time that)
- voordat conj (by the time that)
- tegen prep (in a contrary direction to)
Esperanto
4 entries- anstataŭ prep (as counterbalance to)
- antaŭ prep (in front of; before a background)
- apud prep (close to)
- kompare prep (in contrast or comparison with)
Estonian
1 entries- vastu prep (in opposition to)
Finnish
4 entries- ennen kuin conj (by the time that)
- edessä prep (in front of; before a background)
- varten prep (in anticipation of, in preparation for)
- vastaan prep (in a contrary direction to)
French
4 entries- contre prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contre prep (in physical contact with)
- contre prep (close to)
- contre prep (in competition with)
Friulian
1 entries- cuintri prep (in a contrary direction to)
Galician
3 entries- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contra prep (in physical contact with)
- contra prep (close to)
Georgian
4 entries- გვერდით prep (close to)
- სანაცვლოდ prep (in exchange for)
- საპირისპიროდ prep (in exchange for)
- საწინააღმდეგო prep (in a contrary direction to)
German
4 entries- gegen prep (in a contrary direction to)
- gegen prep (in physical contact with)
- gegen prep (in competition with)
- gegen prep (in opposition to)
Greek
4 entries- rest prep (in contrast or comparison with)
- κατά prep (in competition with)
- κατά prep (in opposition to)
- κοντά prep (in physical contact with)
Hebrew
2 entries- נגד prep (in a contrary direction to)
- נגד prep (in opposition to)
Ido
4 entries- an prep (in physical contact with)
- apud prep (close to)
- kontre prep (in a contrary direction to)
- kontre prep (in competition with)
Ingrian
4 entries- vassen prep (in a contrary direction to)
- vassen prep (in opposition to)
- vassoin prep (in a contrary direction to)
- vassoin prep (in opposition to)
Irish
4 entries- i gcoinne prep (in competition with)
- i gcoinne prep (in opposition to)
- in aghaidh prep (in a contrary direction to)
- in aghaidh prep (in opposition to)
Italian
4 entries- contrario prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contro prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contro prep (in physical contact with)
- contro prep (in contrast or comparison with)
Japanese
4 entries- ...に反して prep (in a contrary direction to)
- ...に反して prep (in opposition to)
- ...に対して prep (in opposition to)
- ...に逆らって prep (in opposition to)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарсы prep (in opposition to)
Khmer
4 entries- ដែលជាការការពារពី prep (as protection from)
- ដែលយកមកថ្លឹងឲ្យស្មើគ្នានឹង prep (as counterbalance to)
- ទៅ prep (as a charge to)
- នៅក្នុងការប្រៀបធៀប prep (in contrast or comparison with)
Korean
4 entries- 거슬러 prep (in a contrary direction to)
- 근처에 prep (close to)
- 기대어 prep (in physical contact with)
- 맞서 prep (in a contrary direction to)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- каршы prep (in opposition to)
Latin
3 entries- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contrā prep (in opposition to)
- in prep (in a contrary direction to)
Latvian
1 entries- pret prep (in a contrary direction to)
Macedonian
4 entries- до prep (close to)
- за prep (in exchange for)
- наспроти prep (in a contrary direction to)
- наспроти prep (in contrast or comparison with)
Malayalam
2 entries- എതിരെ prep (in a contrary direction to)
- ചേർന്ന് prep (in physical contact with)
Navajo
1 entries- bikʼą́ą́h prep (in a contrary direction to)
Neapolitan
1 entries- cóntro prep (in a contrary direction to)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- pvo ... djuu prep (in opposition to)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- di ʻeleyhê ... da prep (in opposition to)
- dijî prep (in a contrary direction to)
- li dijî prep (in opposition to)
Norwegian
3 entries- imot prep (in opposition to)
- mot prep (in a contrary direction to)
- mot prep (in opposition to)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- imot prep (in a contrary direction to)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- imot prep (in a contrary direction to)
Old English
1 entries- aġēn prep (in opposition to)
Old Occitan
1 entries- contra prep (in opposition to)
Pashto
1 entries- پر ضد prep (in opposition to)
Persian
2 entries- ضد prep (in a contrary direction to)
- علیه prep (in opposition to)
Polish
4 entries- o prep (in physical contact with)
- pod prep (in a contrary direction to)
- przeciw prep (in a contrary direction to)
- przeciw prep (in opposition to)
Portuguese
4 entries- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contra prep (in physical contact with)
- contra prep (in competition with)
- contra prep (in opposition to)
Romanian
3 entries- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
- contra prep (in opposition to)
- contra prep (in exchange for)
Russian
4 entries- в обме́н prep (in exchange for)
- взаме́н prep (in exchange for)
- на prep (in exchange for)
- на фо́не prep (in front of; before a background)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अभि prep (in a contrary direction to)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- an aghaidh prep (in a contrary direction to)
- an aghaidh prep (in competition with)
- an aghaidh prep (in opposition to)
- an aghaidh prep (as protection from)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- protiv prep (in a contrary direction to)
- protiv prep (in opposition to)
- против prep (in a contrary direction to)
- против prep (in opposition to)
Sicilian
1 entries- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
Slovak
2 entries- proti prep (in a contrary direction to)
- proti prep (in opposition to)
Slovene
2 entries- proti prep (in a contrary direction to)
- proti prep (in opposition to)
Spanish
4 entries- a prep (as a charge to)
- al opósito de prep (in opposition to)
- cerca de prep (close to)
- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
Swahili
3 entries- dhidi ya prep (in a contrary direction to)
- dhidi ya prep (in opposition to)
- juu ya prep (in opposition to)
Swedish
4 entries- emot prep (in opposition to)
- mot prep (in a contrary direction to)
- mot prep (in opposition to)
- mot prep (as protection from)
Tagalog
2 entries- kontra prep (in opposition to)
- kontra prep (as protection from)
Tamil
1 entries- எதிர்க்க prep (in a contrary direction to)
Tashelhit
1 entries- afna prep (in opposition to)
Turkish
2 entries- karşı prep (in a contrary direction to)
- karşı prep (in opposition to)
Turkmen
1 entries- garşy prep (in opposition to)
Ukrainian
4 entries- в обмі́н prep (in exchange for)
- від prep (as protection from)
- на prep (in exchange for)
- про́ти prep (in a contrary direction to)
Uzbek
1 entries- qarshi prep (in opposition to)
Venetan
1 entries- contra prep (in a contrary direction to)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chống lại prep (in opposition to)
- với prep (in competition with)
Welsh
2 entries- o flaen prep (in front of; before a background)
- yn erbyn prep (in a contrary direction to)
West-Frisian
2 entries- tsjin prep (in a contrary direction to)
- tsjin prep (in opposition to)
Yiddish
1 entries- געגנט prep (in front of; before a background)
Sample sentences
50 total sentences available.
Are you for or against abortions?
Source: tatoeba (1837)
Every time I join a new game of Warcraft, I am pitted against a new team of adversaries.
Source: tatoeba (1912)
I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
Source: tatoeba (2264)
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